[nonliberal]

The world-wide death rate is 7%.

That isn't too bad. What is the world wide death rate of the flu?

I am wondering if we are making more out of this than needs to be made.

[Centurion2000]

That isn't too bad. What is the world wide death rate of the flu?

Typical case of the flu has about .01% mortality IIRC.

[Lessismore]

In the US the death rate for flu is around 13 deaths per 100,000 people annually. Note that this is per "people", not per flu sickness.

[FrogMom]

The world-wide death rate is 7%.

That isn't too bad. What is the world wide death rate of the flu?

The pandemic in 1919 killed 21,642,274 people world-wide. Mortality rate was 2.5%.

Makes 7% look a little scarier, huh?

[Dog Gone]

The mortality rate is less than smallpox, but it's still extremely high. Some people don't get sick enough with the disease to require hospitalization, but a significant portion do, and many of them require intensive care.

If we're lucky, this illness will spread slowly, because we certainly do not have enough hospital beds, and certainly not in the intensive care units, to handle millions of cases.